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"Humans are equipped with some of evolution's finest mental circuitry to protect us from changing our minds when doing so might alienate us from our group," Jonathan Rauch observes in his new book, The Constitution of Knowledge. "We have hundreds of thousands of years of practice at believing whatever will keep us in good standing with our tribe, even if that requires denying, discounting, rationalizing, misperceiving, and ignoring the evidence in front of our nose."
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Topic - The science behind the mask and vaccine wars - jdaniel@jps.net 07:45:20 09/10/21 (52)
- Perhaps - RGA 05:49:34 09/12/21 (0)
- Only thing worse than indecision - jedrider 12:12:18 09/10/21 (3)
- Really, it's irrelevant. - ghost of olddude55 12:17:58 09/10/21 (2)
- For their own good... - musetap 11:43:24 09/11/21 (0)
- "especially if it's for their own good" - Chris from Lafayette 16:18:29 09/10/21 (0)
- OK - yes I wear a mask when I'm out in public. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:45:47 09/10/21 (38)
- RE: OK - yes I wear a mask when I'm out in public. . . - G Squared 14:03:44 09/10/21 (1)
- Thanks, G Squared! - and everyone else who responded! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:10:12 09/10/21 (0)
- RE: OK - yes I wear a mask when I'm out in public. . . - Batman 13:12:23 09/10/21 (28)
- Don't forget N-95 means it filters 0nly 95% of particles. - emailtim 14:15:08 09/10/21 (25)
- RE: Don't forget N-95 means it filters 0nly 95% of particles. - LtMandella 21:40:33 09/10/21 (1)
- RE: Don't forget N-95 means it filters 0nly 95% of particles. - rivervalley817 22:07:50 09/10/21 (0)
- Rather than explain it to you myself - Batman 14:43:08 09/10/21 (22)
- We provide technical support to CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL. - G Squared 06:07:31 09/11/21 (0)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - RGA 17:46:26 09/10/21 (7)
- hat some of their sneezes will get to your mouth and nose and will pass into your system - LtMandella 11:50:59 09/11/21 (0)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - Wojciech 19:02:33 09/10/21 (5)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - RGA 20:00:06 09/10/21 (4)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - Wojciech 22:04:29 09/10/21 (3)
- Now there's an ironic statement, given that... - MWE 12:01:50 09/11/21 (0)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - RGA 04:40:11 09/11/21 (0)
- RE: Rather than explain it to you myself - rivervalley817 22:11:24 09/10/21 (0)
- Do these look like N95 masks to you ??? - emailtim 16:30:17 09/10/21 (12)
- okay, I'm sick of this idiocy now - elblanco 19:21:56 09/10/21 (11)
- Take it easy - Wojciech 19:55:55 09/10/21 (10)
- Fauci suggested wearing 2 or 3 masks simultaneously. - emailtim 20:23:29 09/10/21 (1)
- More of your deliberate bullshit. Fauci wasn't talking about wearing 2 n95's. - Rick W 07:58:52 09/12/21 (0)
- RE: Take it easy - elblanco 20:08:37 09/10/21 (7)
- RE: Take it easy - Wojciech 20:58:15 09/10/21 (6)
- Exactly what was Trump right about and Biden wrong? - Rick W 10:47:55 09/11/21 (4)
- RE: Exactly what was Trump right about and Biden wrong? - RGA 22:33:37 09/11/21 (2)
- Hey! At least he didn't spend 9/11 playing golf... - musetap 08:57:47 09/12/21 (1)
- Probably because he's no longer on the taxpayers' dime. Nt - RGA 00:31:00 09/13/21 (0)
- Too true. The father of one of my coworkers... - MWE 11:37:20 09/11/21 (0)
- RE: Take it easy - rivervalley817 21:56:35 09/10/21 (0)
- A slight edit - Batman 14:01:37 09/10/21 (1)
- I think that would explain it - thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:05:25 09/10/21 (0)
- For the record, Chris, I use an N95 mask when I'm spraying lacquer. - ghost of olddude55 11:51:48 09/10/21 (6)
- I don't wear a mask at all anymore unless required, and when I do, it's just doubled- up cloth, - jdaniel@jps.net 11:56:27 09/10/21 (3)
- I've got brand new N95 masks and I keep one in the car at all times. - ghost of olddude55 11:58:34 09/10/21 (2)
- Same here - but it did bother me that the smell of that cigarette smoke was so strong [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:07:09 09/10/21 (1)
- Tobacco is an aromatic. - ghost of olddude55 12:14:34 09/10/21 (0)
- But do you still smell the lacquer with your mask on? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:55:30 09/10/21 (1)
- Slightly. - ghost of olddude55 11:57:29 09/10/21 (0)
- Straight from the manufacturer in plain English - emailtim 09:12:33 09/10/21 (7)
- RE: Straight from the manufacturer in plain English - BillH 06:28:58 09/11/21 (0)
- The standard is clear about their untended use. - G Squared 11:09:50 09/10/21 (1)
- Exactly! - Batman 11:12:09 09/10/21 (0)
- Have you? - Batman 10:10:14 09/10/21 (3)
- And I wonder if there will need to be another reminder that the virus travels on respiratory droplets - jdaniel@jps.net 11:53:54 09/10/21 (2)
- I wish their was a mask that prevented the spread of misinformation. (nt - peppy m. 15:10:50 09/11/21 (0)
- Yes, another reminder could be warranted... - Steve O 14:41:30 09/10/21 (0)